Queen’s Birthday Honours recognition for Bude Head Postmaster Luke Francis for his service to Bude and the surrounding communities
Patriotic Postmaster proudly receives British Empire Medal
Luke involved in community events galore
Numerous charities have benefitted from his fundraising initiatives
Luke Francis, Head Postmaster of Bude in Cornwall is to receive royal recognition for services
Press Release – 11 June 2021
Rainhill Postmaster receives royal recognition for Covid support group and care provided to disabled customers
Queen’s Birthday Honours recognition for Rainhill Postmaster Sara Barlow for services to the community and businesses of Rainhill
British Empire Medal for chairing Rainhill Community Support Group and proactively caring for disabled customers
Sara ha
Total value of cash deposits and withdrawals at Post Offices totalled £2.49 billion in May, up on April (£2.45 billion) Business cash deposits in May totalled £824 million, up 7.2% month-on-month (£769 million, April 2021). In Scotland, business cash deposits were up almost 36% month-on-month (£68.7 million in May) Personal cash deposits exceeded £1 billion for the third successive month totallin
The Post Office has launched a major new campaign today calling on government and industry to work together to ‘Save Our Cash’.
Green listed Portugal scores on both counts as Holiday Money Report unveils the best bargain holiday hotspots and holidaymakers’ favourites
Portugal tops holidaymakers’ own good value ratings alongside Greece and Spain’s Costas, with Thailand the best placed long haul destination
But Post Office’s global barometer of tourist costs reveals that Bulgaria is the cheapest, while Bali and Vietnam o
Southwark Crown Court today (14 May 2021) formally acquitted two former postmasters, referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), in uncontested appeals. The cases, from 2001 and 2006, were referred to the Court in January 2021 and relate to convictions in Magistrates’ Courts in which Post Office acted as prosecutor.
A Post Office spokesman said:
“Post Office sincerely is extreme
Total value of cash deposits and withdrawals at Post Offices totalled £2.45 billion in April, in line with March (£2.44 billion) Business cash deposits in April totalled £769 million, up 8.8% month-on-month (£707 million, March 2021) as non-essential businesses re-opened on 12 April Personal cash deposits exceeded £1 billion for the second successive month totalling £1.07 billion, dipping 3.8% m
Post Office said today that it is contacting people it previously prosecuted - mainly former postmasters - to assist them in potentially appealing their historical convictions. This follows an extensive review of relevant historical prosecutions brought by Post Office since 1999, which has been conducted by criminal law specialists, Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP.
To date, a total of 45 his
Post Office joins DEC Coronavirus Appeal which has been extended to provide urgent life-saving assistance in India
Two ‘BankHubs’ have opened as part of the Communities Access to Cash Pilots (CACP) initiative. The new centres in Rochford and Cambuslang will provide local customers with basic banking and cash services, as well as dedicated rooms where they can see community bankers from their own bank.
Quashing of historical convictions is significant milestone
Post Office stopped prosecutions many years ago
Fundamental reform of operations and culture implemented
The Post Office today sincerely apologises for serious failures in its historical conduct of prosecutions of postmasters, resulting in the Court of Appeal formally overturning convictions - that occurred between 2003 to 2013 - in
Two serving Postmasters have been elected to the Post Office Board as Non-Executive Directors for the first time in the Post Office’s 360-year history.
